Deadly Bank Protests Ratchet Up Pressure on Lebanon Premier
- Protesters are angry at the sharp depreciation of pound
- Lebanon facing its worst financial crisis in decades
People inspect a bank set ablaze overnight by protesters, in Tripoli on April 28.
Photographer: Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP via Getty Images
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Clashes between protesters and troops left one man dead in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, as mounting anger over the country’s currency crisis risked reigniting a broad anti-government movement that had subsided with the coronavirus outbreak.